William M. Tweed was the boss of a political machine..
Located near Africa's coasts and rifts, basins are steep slopes and cliffsides that are caused by erosion. Basins are shallow depressions.
The government was unable to deal with the economic crisis left by the war. ... The economic situation in Germany briefly improved between 1924-1929. However, Germany in the 1920s remained politically and economically unstable. The Weimar democracy could not withstand the disastrous Great Depression of 1929.
I think it's have been made clear the sepration between church and state.